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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/move_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/move constructor"> Move constructor</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/as_operator.html" title="cpp/language/as operator"> Copy assignment</a>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/move_operator.html" title="cpp/language/move operator"> Move assignment</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/destructor.html" title="cpp/language/destructor"> Destructor</a>
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<tr class="t-nv-h1"><td colspan="5">Templates </td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/class_template.html" title="cpp/language/class template"> Class template </a>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/function_template.html" title="cpp/language/function template"> Function template </a>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/template_specialization.html" title="cpp/language/template specialization"> Template specialization</a>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/parameter_pack.html" title="cpp/language/parameter pack"> Parameter packs</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span>
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<tr class="t-nv-h1"><td colspan="5"> Miscellaneous </td></tr>
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<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/asm.html" title="cpp/language/asm"> Inline assembly</a>
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<td><div><table class="t-nv-begin" cellpadding="0" style="">
<tr class="t-nv"><td colspan="5"> <a href="language/history.html" title="cpp/language/history"> History of C++</a>
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<p>This is a brief reference of available C++ language constructs.
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<p><b><a href="language/basic_concepts.html" title="cpp/language/basic concepts"> Basic concepts</a></b>
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<p><a href="comments.html" title="cpp/comment"> Comments</a><br>
<a href="language/ascii.html" title="cpp/language/ascii"> ASCII chart</a><br>
<a href="language/name.html" title="cpp/language/identifiers"> Names and identifiers</a><br>
<a href="language/incomplete_type.html" title="cpp/language/type"> Types</a> - 
<a href="language/types.html" title="cpp/language/types"> Fundamental types</a><br>
<a href="language/objects.html" title="cpp/language/object"> Object</a> -
<a href="language/scope.html" title="cpp/language/scope"> Scope</a> -
<a href="language/lifetime.html" title="cpp/language/lifetime"> Lifetime</a><br>
<a href="language/definition.html" title="cpp/language/definition"> Definitions and ODR</a><br>
<a href="language/lookup.html" title="cpp/language/lookup"> Name lookup</a><br>
 <a href="language/qualified_lookup.html" title="cpp/language/qualified lookup"> qualified </a> - <a href="language/unqualified_lookup.html" title="cpp/language/unqualified lookup"> unqualified</a><br>
<a href="language/memory_model.html" title="cpp/language/memory model"> Memory model and data races</a><br>
<a href="language/translation_phases.html" title="cpp/language/translation phases"> Phases of translation</a><br>
<a href="language/main_function.html" title="cpp/language/main function"> The main() function</a><br>
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<p><b><a href="keywords.html" title="cpp/keyword"> C++ Keywords</a></b>
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<p><b><a href="preprocessor.html" title="cpp/preprocessor"> Preprocessor</a></b>
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<p><a href="preprocessor/conditional.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/conditional"> #if - #ifdef - #ifndef</a><br>
<a href="preprocessor/replace.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/replace"> #define - # - ##</a> -
<a href="preprocessor/include.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/include"> #include</a><br>
<a href="preprocessor/error.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/error"> #error</a> -
<a href="preprocessor/impl.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/impl"> #pragma</a> -
<a href="preprocessor/line.html" title="cpp/preprocessor/line"> #line</a><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/expressions.html" title="cpp/language/expressions"> Expressions</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/value_category.html" title="cpp/language/value category"> Value categories</a><br>
<a href="language/eval_order.html" title="cpp/language/eval order"> Evaluation order and sequencing</a><br>
<a href="language/constant_expression.html" title="cpp/language/constant expression"> Constant expressions</a><br>
<a href="language/expressions.html#Operators" title="cpp/language/expressions"> Operators</a><br>
 <a href="language/operator_assignment.html" title="cpp/language/operator assignment"> assignment </a> -
<a href="language/operator_arithmetic.html" title="cpp/language/operator arithmetic"> arithmetic </a><br>
 <a href="language/operator_incdec.html" title="cpp/language/operator incdec"> increment and decrement </a><br>
 <a href="language/operator_logical.html" title="cpp/language/operator logical"> logical </a> -
<a href="language/operator_comparison.html" title="cpp/language/operator comparison"> comparison </a><br>
 <a href="language/operator_member_access.html" title="cpp/language/operator member access"> member access and indirection </a><br>
 <a href="language/operator_other.html" title="cpp/language/operator other"> call, comma, ternary </a><br>
 <a href="language/sizeof.html" title="cpp/language/sizeof"> <code>sizeof</code></a> -
<a href="language/alignof.html" title="cpp/language/alignof"> <code>alignof</code></a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> -
<a href="language/typeid.html" title="cpp/language/typeid"> <code>typeid</code></a><br>
 <a href="language/new.html" title="cpp/language/new"> <code>new</code></a> -
<a href="language/delete.html" title="cpp/language/delete"> <code>delete</code></a><br>
<a href="language/operator_precedence.html" title="cpp/language/operator precedence"> Operator precedence</a><br>
<a href="language/expressions.html#Conversions" title="cpp/language/expressions"> Conversions</a><br>
 <a href="language/implicit_cast.html" title="cpp/language/implicit cast"> implicit </a> -
<a href="language/explicit_cast.html" title="cpp/language/explicit cast"> explicit </a> -
<a href="language/cast_operator.html" title="cpp/language/cast operator"> user-defined </a><br>
 <a href="language/static_cast.html" title="cpp/language/static cast"> <code>static_cast</code> </a> - <a href="language/dynamic_cast.html" title="cpp/language/dynamic cast"> <code>dynamic_cast</code> </a><br>
 <a href="language/const_cast.html" title="cpp/language/const cast"> <code>const_cast</code> </a> - <a href="language/reinterpret_cast.html" title="cpp/language/reinterpret cast"> <code>reinterpret_cast</code> </a><br>
<a href="language/expressions.html#Literals" title="cpp/language/expressions"> Literals</a><br>
 <a href="language/bool_literal.html" title="cpp/language/bool literal"> boolean </a> -
<a href="language/integer_literal.html" title="cpp/language/integer literal"> integer </a> -
<a href="language/floating_literal.html" title="cpp/language/floating literal"> floating </a><br>
 <a href="language/character_literal.html" title="cpp/language/character literal"> character </a> -
<a href="language/string_literal.html" title="cpp/language/string literal"> string </a><br>
 <a href="language/nullptr.html" title="cpp/language/nullptr"> <code>nullptr</code> </a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
 <a href="language/user_literal.html" title="cpp/language/user literal"> user-defined </a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/declarations.html" title="cpp/language/declarations"> Declaration</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/namespace.html" title="cpp/language/namespace"> Namespace declaration</a><br>
<a href="language/namespace_alias.html" title="cpp/language/namespace alias"> Namespace alias</a><br>
<a href="language/reference.html" title="cpp/language/reference"> Lvalue and rvalue references</a><br>
<a href="language/pointer.html" title="cpp/language/pointer"> Pointers</a> -
<a href="language/array.html" title="cpp/language/array"> Arrays</a><br>
<a href="language/enum.html" title="cpp/language/enum"> Enumerations and enumerators</a><br>
<a href="language/storage_duration.html" title="cpp/language/storage duration"> Storage duration and linkage</a><br>
<a href="language/language_linkage.html" title="cpp/language/language linkage"> Language linkage</a><br>
<a href="language/cv.html" title="cpp/language/cv"> <code>const</code>/<code>volatile</code></a> - <a href="language/constexpr.html" title="cpp/language/constexpr"> <code>constexpr</code></a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/decltype.html" title="cpp/language/decltype"> <code>decltype</code></a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> -
<a href="language/auto.html" title="cpp/language/auto"> <code>auto</code></a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> <br>
<a href="language/alignas.html" title="cpp/language/alignas"> <code>alignas</code></a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> <br>
<a href="language/typedef.html" title="cpp/language/typedef"> <code>typedef</code></a> -
<a href="language/type_alias.html" title="cpp/language/type alias"> Type alias</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/elaborated_type_specifier.html" title="cpp/language/elaborated type specifier"> Elaborated type specifiers</a><br>
<a href="language/attributes.html" title="cpp/language/attributes"> Attributes</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/static_assert.html" title="cpp/language/static assert"> <code>static_assert</code></a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/initialization.html" title="cpp/language/initialization"> Initialization</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/default_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/default initialization"> Default initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/value_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/value initialization"> Value initialization</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx03">(C++03)</span><br>
<a href="language/copy_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/copy initialization"> Copy initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/direct_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/direct initialization"> Direct initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/aggregate_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/aggregate initialization"> Aggregate initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/list_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/list initialization"> List initialization</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/reference_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/reference initialization"> Reference initialization</a><br>
<a href="language/constant_initialization.html" title="cpp/language/constant initialization"> Constant initialization</a><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/functions.html" title="cpp/language/functions"> Functions</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/function.html" title="cpp/language/function"> Function declaration</a><br>
<a href="language/default_arguments.html" title="cpp/language/default arguments"> Default arguments</a><br>
<a href="language/variadic_arguments.html" title="cpp/language/variadic arguments"> Variadic arguments</a><br>
<a href="language/lambda.html" title="cpp/language/lambda"> Lambda expression</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/inline.html" title="cpp/language/inline"> <code>inline</code> specifier</a><br>
<a href="language/adl.html" title="cpp/language/adl"> Argument-dependent lookup</a><br>
<a href="language/overload_resolution.html" title="cpp/language/overload resolution"> Overload resolution</a><br>
<a href="language/operators.html" title="cpp/language/operators"> Operator overloading</a><br>
<a href="language/overloaded_address.html" title="cpp/language/overloaded address"> Address of an overload set</a><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/statements.html" title="cpp/language/statements"> Statements</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/if.html" title="cpp/language/if"> <code>if</code></a> -
<a href="language/switch.html" title="cpp/language/switch"> <code>switch</code></a><br>
<a href="language/for.html" title="cpp/language/for"> <code>for</code></a> -
<a href="language/range-for.html" title="cpp/language/range-for"> range-<code>for</code></a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/while.html" title="cpp/language/while"> <code>while</code></a> - <a href="language/do.html" title="cpp/language/do"> <code>do</code>-<code>while</code></a><br>
<a href="language/continue.html" title="cpp/language/continue"> <code>continue</code></a> -
<a href="language/break.html" title="cpp/language/break"> <code>break</code></a> -
<a href="language/goto.html" title="cpp/language/goto"> <code>goto</code></a> -
<a href="language/return.html" title="cpp/language/return"> <code>return</code></a><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/classes.html" title="cpp/language/classes"> Classes</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/class.html" title="cpp/language/class"> Class types</a> -
<a href="language/union.html" title="cpp/language/union"> Union types</a><br>
<a href="language/data_members.html" title="cpp/language/data members"> Data members</a> -
<a href="language/member_functions.html" title="cpp/language/member functions"> Member functions</a><br>
<a href="language/static.html" title="cpp/language/static"> Static members</a> -
<a href="language/nested_classes.html" title="cpp/language/nested types"> Nested classes</a><br>
<a href="language/derived_class.html" title="cpp/language/derived class"> Derived class</a> -
<a href="language/using_declaration.html" title="cpp/language/using declaration"> <code>using</code>-declaration</a><br>
<a href="language/virtual.html" title="cpp/language/virtual"> Virtual function</a> -
<a href="language/abstract_class.html" title="cpp/language/abstract class"> Abstract class</a><br>
<a href="language/access.html" title="cpp/language/access"> Member access</a> -
<a href="language/friend.html" title="cpp/language/friend"> <code>friend</code></a> <br> 
<a href="language/override.html" title="cpp/language/override"> override</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> -
<a href="language/final.html" title="cpp/language/final"> final</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/bit_field.html" title="cpp/language/bit field"> Bit fields</a> -
<a href="language/this.html" title="cpp/language/this"> The <code>this</code> pointer</a> <br>
<a href="language/constructor.html" title="cpp/language/initializer list"> Constructors and member initializer lists</a><br>
<a href="language/default_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/default constructor"> Default constructor</a> -
<a href="language/destructor.html" title="cpp/language/destructor"> Destructor</a><br>
<a href="language/copy_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/copy constructor"> Copy constructor</a> -
<a href="language/as_operator.html" title="cpp/language/as operator"> Copy assignment</a> <br>
<a href="language/move_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/move constructor"> Move constructor</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> -
<a href="language/move_operator.html" title="cpp/language/move operator"> Move assignment</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/converting_constructor.html" title="cpp/language/converting constructor"> converting constructor</a> -
<a href="language/explicit.html" title="cpp/language/explicit"> explicit specifier</a><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/templates.html" title="cpp/language/templates"> Templates</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/template_parameters.html" title="cpp/language/template parameters"> Template parameters and arguments</a><br>
<a href="language/class_template.html" title="cpp/language/class template"> Class template</a> -
<a href="language/function_template.html" title="cpp/language/function template"> Function template</a><br>
<a href="language/member_template.html" title="cpp/language/member template"> Class member template</a><br>
<a href="language/variable_template.html" title="cpp/language/variable template"> Variable template</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx14">(C++14)</span><br>
<a href="language/template_argument_deduction.html" title="cpp/language/template argument deduction"> Template argument deduction</a><br>
<a href="language/template_specialization.html" title="cpp/language/template specialization"> Explicit specialization</a><br>
<a href="language/partial_specialization.html" title="cpp/language/partial specialization"> Partial specialization</a><br>
<a href="language/parameter_pack.html" title="cpp/language/parameter pack"> Parameter packs</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span> -
<a href="language/sizeof....html" title="cpp/language/sizeof..."> <code>sizeof...</code></a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/fold.html" title="cpp/language/fold"> Fold-expessions</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx17">(C++17)</span><br>
<a href="language/dependent_name.html" title="cpp/language/dependent name"> Dependent names</a> -
<a href="language/sfinae.html" title="cpp/language/sfinae"> SFINAE</a><br>
<a href="language/concepts.html" title="cpp/language/constraints"> Constraints and concepts</a> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-concepts-ts t-mark-ts">(concepts TS)</span><br>
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<p><b><a href="language/exceptions.html" title="cpp/language/exceptions"> Exceptions</a></b>
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<p><a href="language/throw.html" title="cpp/language/throw"> <code>throw</code>-expression</a><br>
<a href="language/try_catch.html" title="cpp/language/try catch"> <code>try</code>-<code>catch</code> block</a><br>
<a href="language/function-try-block.html" title="cpp/language/function-try-block"> function-<code>try</code>-block</a><br>
<a href="language/noexcept_spec.html" title="cpp/language/noexcept spec"> <code>noexcept</code> specifier</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/noexcept.html" title="cpp/language/noexcept"> <code>noexcept</code> operator</a><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span><br>
<a href="language/except_spec.html" title="cpp/language/except spec"> Exception specification</a><br>
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<p><b>Miscellaneous</b>
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<p><a href="language/history.html" title="cpp/language/history"> History of C++</a><br>
<a href="language/asm.html" title="cpp/language/asm"> Inline assembly</a><br>
<a href="language/extending_std.html" title="cpp/language/extending std"> Extending the namespace std</a><br>
<a href="language/ub.html" title="cpp/language/ub"> Undefined behavior</a><br>
<a href="language/raii.html" title="cpp/language/raii"> RAII</a> -
<a href="language/rule_of_three.html" title="cpp/language/rule of three"> Rule of three/five/zero</a><br>
<a href="language/as_if.html" title="cpp/language/as if"> As-if rule</a> -
<a href="language/copy_elision.html" title="cpp/language/copy elision"> Copy elision</a><br>
<a href="language/ebo.html" title="cpp/language/ebo"> Empty base optimization</a><br>
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